Improvement in saddle and pad screw cutter



R M. SELLEGK. Saddle and Pad Screw Gutter.

No. 198,955. Pa t -ented Jan. 8,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT M.. SELLEOK, OF NEWARK, N. J ASSIGNOR TO HENRY F. OSBORNE.

I MPROVEMENT IN SADDLE AND PAD SCREW CUTTER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,955, dated January8, 1878; application filed June 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT M. SELLEcK, of Newark, Essex county, NewJersey, have invented an Improved Saddle and Pad Hook Gutter; and Ihereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan of the tool Fig. 2, a side viewof the same,"and Fig. 3 a front view.

The tool is expressly adapted to cutting oif the surplus of the screwwhen the saddle-hook, terret, or pad-hook is secured in the saddle orpad, and the nut n screwed up tightly.

In Fig. 1 the saddle is shown at S, and the terret-ring' at T, andsaddle-hook at R.

It will be seen that from the form usually given to saddle and coachpads the point of the screw, .which always projects beyond the nut n, israther difficult of access, and that the cutters a and I) require toproject from the guide G to embrace the point of the screw readily.

The guide G is cast, preferably, of malleable iron, and the cutters aand I) slide in a dovetail groove formed in the guide, and are made ofsteel. v

The lower end of the guide is designed to be held in a bench-vise, andthe lower cutter a is provided with a shoulder, a, which rests on thevise.

The upper cutter b is formed with an enlarged head or collar, 1), at thetop, which strikes the top of the guideG when the cutters a and b arealmost in contact.

The ends of the screws, as above mentioned, being placed in the cutters,between a and b,

a blow with a hammer on the head of b cuts I off the screw, which isthrown by the blow into a hole in the center of the guide. To preventthe ends of the screws from flying through the guide against windows andpersons, I provide a guard, d, which is hung by a rivet, P, to the backof the guide G.

In case the hole H in the guide becomes clogged with the fragments ofthe screws, the guard can be swung around and the hole H exposed forcleaning.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the details of construction are shown clearly. In Fig.2 will be noticed the shoulder a on the lower end of the cutter a,designed to rest upon the jaw of the vise when in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

V The terret, saddle, and coach pad hook cutter, constructedsubstantially as described, with cutters a and b projecting from theface of the guide G, the lower cutter being provided with a shoulder, a,and the upper cutter with a collar or stop, I), all adapted especiallyto fit inside of a saddle or coach pad, for cutting off the ends of theterret, saddle and coach pad hooks, substantially in the man ner shownand described.

ROBERT M. SELLEOK.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. MEEKER, JAMES D. BRUEN.

